That was the joke about Baptists in my hometown. It was impossible to only invite one since everyone knew everyone’s families.
InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I have family in Utah and there’s a pretty common joke in this vein.
Why do you always invite two Mormons to a party? ::: Because if you only invite one they will drink all your beer. :::
sibannac@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Every Mormon I’ve ever met is very serious about walking the talk, alone or not. They’re probably more serious about following the rules of their religion than any other religion. Well, them and Muslims.
InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
They’re serious about following the rules because their entire social and community structure stresses conformity. If you break the norms of the faith there are serious repercussions and you can lose your entire family, community, and support structure. When they’re alone with others who aren’t of the faith they are definitely far more lax. I’ve drank beer and even had chocolate with Mormons before lol.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
“[…] even had chocolate with Mormons […]”?
Uh. There is absolutely nothing in the Mormon Word of Wisdom that says anything about chocolate. There isn’t even anything about caffeine. The phrase used is “hot drinks”, which has been interpreted by the Mor(m)on prophets to mean specifically coffee and tea (but not herbal tea). A particularly zealous bishop or stake president might counsel against caffeine consumption, but AFAIK they aren’t going to prevent you from going to a Mormon temple if you chug a case of Red Bull and Bawls every single day.
Source: raised Mormon, was active for 25-ish years, former missionary.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Bit of an aside but I love fucking with (ex)-you guys. I have a stack of pamphlets from The Church of the SubGenius and am well practiced in the religious dogma contained within, I turn the tables on em real quick and talk about our great guru J. R. “Bob” Dobbs as long as I can hold them while they get visibly annoyed lmao. See how they like it for a change!
InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The way it was always explained to me was anything containing even a small amount of caffeine was problematic. I appreciate you correcting me on this.
TheOneCurly@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
But also mate which is hot, caffeinated, leaf juice, is a-ok and totally not tea.
we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
In my experience, a lot of “devoutly” religious people are like this.
I grew up Independent Fundamental Baptist (westboro, but less vocally homophobic) and my dad told me a few years ago he secretly kept a stash of alcohol in the garage while he was quite aggressively teaching that the Bible expressly forbade consumption of alcohol that could get you drunk because of a long argument that basically amounts to “Paul said so.” (The proper response to that is “fuck Paul”, obv. Paul was an asshat.)
You can twist anything into anything if you try hard enough, and they’re really good at it.
pyre@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
it can’t possibly be that you’re more exposed to Mormons, right
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
More exposed to them than who? Idk what you’re trying to imply.
pyre@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Muslims
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
That’ll get you on a list.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
But do they talk the walk?
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Most definitely. They even go on special years long missions to talk to everyone who will listen about the walk.
Iapar@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
How many Mormons have you met?
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
It seemed we’d talk to a new pair every weekend when I was a kid. The visits got shorter when he was watering the garden.
The ones I met were upset I photographed their ID.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Not a lot. Probably 20 in my lifetime, and only 3 are my friends.